with the onset of winter i needed to get a coat of paint onto my cheapo toy, after see what can be achieved from people on here and other forums i thought i'd give it a go.

the car is never gonna be concours it was bought as an mot failure and will be hopefully used as a budget track car next year.

the finish isnt perfect but the car is protected for the winter & everything to do the job cost less than £50

before-



1st coat dry on wing & door, still wet on quarter



2nd coat wet





the colour is satin black, considering i had mates quoting £400 to just spray the car solid black with no garuantees as i was doing the prep, i'm well happy with how this turned out.

what do you guys think?

 

from the pics i guess it looks ok, and if your happy then thas all that counts pal..

 

u painted the windows lol , keep it from rusting tho, £400 your mate would be making prob £50 after paint ,

 

guess its a fizz bomb panel van?

 

in all fairness to your mate ive just finished my mk 4 and i must have that in paint and primer so he wasnt ripping you as long as he could do the job..

 

thanks for the comments

i agree £400 is a bargain but i only paid £100 for the car and ive done quite a few body repairs to the car, being just a keen amatuer there are some imperfections which is why i went for satin.

the job is good for the winter, i have enough materials left to do another car so in the summer i could flat it and spray on a coat of the same paint (another learning curve)!

 

like i said mate long as your happy..

 

its an si, i welded steel panels in place of the windows (i like vans!!!)
ive put a 2.0 in, ive got bigger brakes but not fitted yet and i still need to sort the suspension out.

 

looks quite good

 

Is it gloss or emulsion ?
Seriously doesn't look as bad as I thought it would.

 

in the case theres no windows fair nuff be a good lil car to have fun in iv have a few 2.0ltr si 's

 

some pics of it dry the next morning & back together

 

it doesnt look to bad tbh, id have it

youve done a good job with the windows

 

thanks

 

My god what a fucking mess...you should be ashamed of yourself.

 

ha, thanks.

so then scrapman, lets see what you drive?

 

looks ok to me why chuck money at a motor you only paid £400

 

i imagine a white van pickup, no insurance, tax or mot, scrap metal collection wrote on the side and shouting 'any old iron' out of the window

what we all want to see is the zetec you slipped in

 

on a budget , job done .

 

Looks good. I done my cabby in matt black rattle cans. Came up well considering it cost me £20

 

You painted it with a roller ?

Bloody good job considering.

 

not bad.......

 

i think it looks good , paint the mirrors black, stick the 16" zetec 5 spokes on it and it,ll look really nice and for the money it stands you at id be well chuffed

pete

 

Looool this is sick man the paint looks nice considered u painted it with a roller! Love it man this is DIY to the max, its what having a fast ford is all about!!

 

i was dreading what i was going to see when i clicked this thread but that doesn't look bad at all, i think scrapmans on a windup as he seems to be hijacking alot of threads on here (in fairness though it kinda IS funny to see peoples reactions)

 

Same as everyone else, when i read the title, thought "what the f*ck" but its looks fine!

Good effort mate!

 

Well suprised !

Looks like it was done out of a rattle can !

Nice job, especially for 50 queens heads

 

I was expecting far far worse!

 

Take no notice of the scrap man he's a thread terrorist that tries to wind people up ( Knob head) That needs
Looks ok M8

 

fcuk it i am doing the zafira bus with a roller it does not deserve anything else ,and cant look any worse then it does now ,white with black doors

 

Looks 100% better than it did mate, i like it

 

thanks for the comments guys, its not perfect but the car is protected over the winter, im going to spray another couple of coats on in the summer.

go for it mate, it took me about 10 hours to strip, mask, sand, panel wipe, 2 coats & rebuild spread over 3 days.

the paint is called rustoleum, i got it from combicolour who import it from the states where hand painting cars is alot more common.
http://www.rustoleum.co.uk/colourselect/1/19
http://rolledon.forummotion.com/forum.htm

if you use the gloss paint you can colour sand & polish it. i found a site where a guy painted his dodge charger orange, he did 6 coats, wet sanding between coats then a final polish. the finish was amazing, better than you could spray a single stage colour.

 

To be honest mate its not gonna win any concourse shows, but it not a concours car is it, for the track you have done a really good job, maybe a bit of flatting and some rattle laquer and the finish could be even better. Get some stickers slapped onto it and its job done i think. Its also got the euro rat look about it which has been really popular this year. Keep it up mate

And keep the updates coming

 

seriously mate fair play to you a good finish for that kind of money and more than good enough for something your going to be kaning around getting stone chipped to death up the arse of rep cars.
im doing a V6 cosworth into my sapphire was thinking about a quick paint job until next year you have just solved my problem for me what kind of roller did you use was it foam or wool type cheers steve.

 

Like a few before me seen the title and was thinkin what a mess but it seems that you ve pulled it off well done lookin at the pics it seems ok from the 1st pics it seems you ve done a bit of prepin what paper did you use b4 primin and what paper did you use b4 you role painted it and last what paint did you use on this job

 

4" gloss rollers - got 10 sleeves, a tray & handle for £8 in wickes, only used 2 sleeves though (1 per coat)
used a 2" brush to get the paint into all the hard to reach areas then rollered over the top to level it out.
there was lots of primer on the car as i had repaired a lot of dents, rust & damaged panels. i rubbed the whole car down with 400 grit wet & dry and panel wiped before painting. you will need to thin the paint down a bit first, white spirit was recommend for the paint i used.
the paint used is called rustoleum, there is a link to the site above. it is best paint i have ever used. i did a test by painting a larger can u few days before i did the car, brushed it onto the can straight out of the recycling bin - no prep, took about 10 hours to be completely dry. crushed the can to see if it would flake or crack but no, it even hard work to scratch it off. the can has been left out in the weather for 3 weeks and the colour is like the day it was painted. im well impressed with it.

 

looks good and only £50 notes cant go wrong

 

fair play mate looks better than a car full of primer

 

TBH it doesn't look that bad thought it was going to look a proper mess lol


Brian

 

Looks so much better than what i was expecting to find. Fair play to ya mate for giving it a go yourself instead of paying out bodyshop costs.